YO21 1RX

Esk Valley & Coast · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO21 1RY 48 m
YO21 1TG 359 m
YO22 5EG 491 m
YO21 1SY 644 m
YO22 5AA 674 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO21 1RX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO21
Postcode sector
YO21 1
Latitude
54.460106
Longitude
-0.673327
British National Grid easting
486,100
British National Grid northing
508,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007657
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00141827
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 002D · E01027841
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 002 · E02005796

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.0 km
  2. Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.1 km
  3. Stakesby Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
69
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 30
  • Anti social behaviour 18
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Burglary 4
  • Other theft 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
YO21 1 residents
5,750

Age bands in YO21 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.2%

642 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

491 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.2%

985 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

1,784 residents

Age 65 and over
32%

1,834 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • SLEIGHTS AND SANDSEND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHURCHFIELD SURGERY, IBURNDALE LANE, SLEIGHTS, WHITBY, YO22 5DP

    ODS code B82101

    1.3 km

  • WHITBY GROUP PRACTICE

    SPRING VALE MEDICAL CENTRE, RIEVAULX ROAD, WHITBY, YO21 1SD

    ODS code B82017

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Sleights Bridge

    BCT · Briggswath

    0.4 miles
  • Sleights Bridge

    BCT · Briggswath

    0.4 miles
  • Glebe Farm

    BCT · Aislaby

    0.4 miles
  • Sleights Rail Station

    RSE · Sleights

    0.4 miles
  • Parish Hall

    BCT · Aislaby

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 002D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,496 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

69 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 30 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.